1847: U.S. and Britain reach peaceful agreement on Oregon border.
1848: Mexican war ends; California ceded to U.S.
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: Jay Gould bought NYNH for $1397, Eudes L'Artuby bought READ for $913, Milton Littlefield bought LS for $2600, Henry Farham bought MRLE for $4581, Milton Littlefield bought GTW for $2100.
PCs Merged: ERIE merges into NYC, CNJ merges into PENN.
New railroad Presidents: Eugene de Segur of B&M, William Palmer of GT, William Palmer of B&H, Nicholas van Rijn of RF&P, Nicholas van Rijn of P&LE.
New Private Companies Available: P&FW, G&C, BRL, A&GW.
Jay Gould dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1014. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Nicholas van Rijn
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Panic to Depression.
Best locomotive available: American 4-4-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards.
Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron
Eugene de Segur (10)
Milton Littlefield (6)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
Nicolas Koechlin (8)
Henry Farham (11)
Rail Mogul
Leland Stanford (5)
Henry Farham (11)
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Thomas Scott (7)
Eugene de Segur (10)
Rail Builder
Milton Littlefield (6)
Eugene de Segur (10)
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Magnate
Leland Stanford (5)
Milton Littlefield (6)
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Prodigal
Jay Gould (9)
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Baron
Milton Littlefield (6)
Eugene de Segur (10)
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Leland Stanford (5)
Henry Farham (11)
Player Summary
President of
PCs owned
Player #
Tycoon name
RR 1
RR 2
PC 1
PC 2
11
Henry Farham
PENN
S&G
MRLE
....
10
Eugene de Segur
....
B&M
....
....
6
Milton Littlefield
NYC
....
LS
GTW
9
Jay Gould
....
....
NYNH
....
2
Eudes L'Artuby
SCL
....
READ
....
5
Leland Stanford
C&H
S&A
....
....
7
Thomas Scott
N&W
C&O
....
....
1
Nicholas van Rijn
P&LE
RF&P
....
....
4
J. Pierpont Morgan
W&M
....
....
....
12
William Palmer
GT
B&H
....
....
8
Nicolas Koechlin
B&O
....
....
....
15
Cyrus Holliday
....
....
....
....
14
Dan Drew
....
....
....
....
13
William Ogden
....
....
....
....
3
J. Edgar Thompson
....
....
....
....
Railroad Summary
RR
Name
Tracks
Revenues
Expense
Efficiency
Bonds
Loans
Profit / share
Dividend / share
Grant
Land
B&M
Boston & Maine
145
15549
10884
87
17899
17901
1
0
0
0
GT
Grand Trunk
73
10718
7288
89
10199
10201
3
0
0
0
B&H
Boston & Hartford
110
13822
9675
87
14399
14401
1
0
0
0
NYC
New York Central
927
103115
59808
99
203460
104423
3
4
0
596
PENN
Pennsylvania
460
75457
43765
99
127138
62850
6
17
0
0
B&O
Baltimore & Ohio
160
13370
8156
96
33011
1408
3
7
1025
0
C&O
Chesapeake & Ohio
94
9013
6219
91
30131
15609
-4
4
0
0
RF&P
Richmond, Fred. & Potomac
117
12145
8380
88
14199
14201
1
0
0
0
N&W
Norfolk & Western
325
27939
16205
99
89573
37655
0
1
155
0
W&M
Wilmington & Manchester
253
23949
15327
93
78010
40650
-3
0
0
0
C&H
Charleston & Hamburg
271
36686
22011
97
50866
21413
6
4
0
0
S&A
Savannah & Augusta
138
15479
8978
99
47974
25104
-1
4
0
0
SCL
Sea Coast Line
496
53896
32877
96
124902
58550
1
4
0
688
S&G
Savannah & Gulf
157
19931
11560
99
51929
27181
1
3
0
0
P&LE
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
131
14901
10580
86
16299
16301
1
0
0
0
Railroad Lines:
Regions: A = Atlantic ; D = Deep South ; O = Ohio ; L = Great Lakes ; C = Central ; M = Mississippi ; G = Gulf ; W = Midwest ; S = Southwest ; T = Mountain ; P = Pacific ; N = Canada ; X = Mexico